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On Monday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed the reopening of the downtown Soldiers Memorial Military Museum following renovations with Mark Sundlov, director of the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum and Karen Goering, managing director of administration and operations at the Missouri Historical Society.

Host Don Marsh goes behind the headlines to discuss the local Jewish community’s reaction to last weekend’s tragic event in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 people were killed.

Host Don Marsh talks to Cinema St. Louis' artistic director Chris Clark and a panel of documentarians about this year's 27th season of the St. Louis International Film Festival.

Host Don Marsh talks with Peter Sagal, comedian, author and host of NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” about his latest book, “The Incomplete Book of Running,” which explores why running is good, and why it helps with “the practice of perseverance” through life’s toughest moments.

On Thursday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed the importance of media literacy with Webster University scholars Jessica Bellomo, Deja Lawson, and Art Silverblatt.

Author and St. Louis native Jeff Copeland talks to host Don Marsh about the 1924 Los Angeles deadly plague outbreak and its St. Louis connections, detailed in his book, "Plague in Paradise: The Black Death in Los Angeles, 1924."

On Wednesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with Washington University neuroscientist Jeff Zacks about the brain's responses to watching horror movies.

As part of St. Louis Public Radio's "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum, Jack Cardetti, Brad Bradshaw, Mike Colona, and Brandon Costerison, debated the pros and cons of Amendment 2, Amendment 3 and Proposition C, the three competing ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana.

Tuesday's St. Louis on the Air featured a debate over the pros and cons of Proposition B: The $12 Minimum Wage Initiative that was originally held at the St. Louis Public Radio "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum. The proponent of Prop B was Richard von Glahn, the organizing director of Missouri Jobs for Justice; the opponent was Ray McCarty, president and CEO of Associated Industries of Missouri.

Among the measures Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 6 is Amendment 1: The Lobbying, Campaign Finance, and Redistricting Initiative. It would amend the state constitution to change several aspects of Missouri’s political system. Proponent Benjamin Singer and opponent Jim Talent discuss Amendment 1 with St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh.

As part of the 2018 St. Louis Public Radio "Inform Your Vote" ballot issues forum, Scott Charton, SaferMO.com communications director, and Gwen Moore, a retired University of Missouri-St. Louis professor, debated the pros and cons of Proposition D: The Gas Tax Increase, Olympic Prize Tax Exemption, and Traffic Reduction Fund Measure 

We have excerpts of a 90-minute debate between Rep. Mike Bost, St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly and SIU-Carbondale professor Randy Auxier.

St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh explores some of the region's spooky locales and tales with Pat Dorsey, author of the book "Haunted Webster Groves."

The St. Louis County Council has overridden County Executive Steve Stenger's veto of legislation that does away with a requirement that contractors bidding for construction work have apprenticeship programs. Host Don Marsh goes behind the headlines to talk about updates in the council with St. Louis Public Radio political reporter Jo Mannies.

For our monthly Sound Bites segment with Sauce Magazine, host Don Marsh discusses the new generation of local farmers in St. Louis and how they work with area chefs.

On Thursday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with Jennifer Teege, a German author whose book "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past" details her discovery that her grandfather was an infamously brutal World War II commandant. The pair were joined by Dan Reich curator and director of education for the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis County.

Host Don Marsh talks to members of the Ahmad family, who reside in St. Louis County, about their volunteer work locally and abroad. The family co-founded Biking4Books, a non-profit that raises money to donate books to St. Louis city schools. They also travel to Bangladesh to help Rohingya refugees. 

On Wednesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh facilitated a conversation about the limitations facing American immigrants seeking employment and new policies being implemented to diminish these barriers. Joining the conversation were Anna Crosslin, president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis; Amanda Bergson-Schilcock, director of upskilling policy at the National Skills Coalition in Washington, D.C.; and Eduardo Sequeira Hernandez, a recent Costa Rican immigrant serving now as a cloud compliance specialist for Nestlé Purina.

Host Don Marsh talks to members and an ally of Missouri's trans and gender non-conforming community about their efforts to bring awareness to the rights and presence of trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals.

On Tuesday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed confronting discrimination in the workplace with Susan Balk, Founder of Hatebreakers and Holly Edgell, St. Louis Public Radio race, identity and culture editor. Both guests will be participants in the Missouri Historical Society's upcoming "Woke at Work" panel.